Shore Mackerel Reports '13 here...
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Got a few today at Bray, very large bigger than normal.
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Where were you and at what stage of the tide?bluebeard wrote: I blanked today while a guy beside me was steadily reeling them in.
Same distance casting, same spot...different results.
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Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
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Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Specimen Fish 2025: To date: 6.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
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Few being caught off Skerries pier,,if ya don't looses your scalp to drunkin bashers, used to be a grand spot to sit a float fish your problems away, now it's full of vodka drinkin, salami eating, fish takers.
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Same as last year so 

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As many as you wanted at Dunany Point this morning 2 hours after low tide. All around the half pound mark.
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Twice as bad Eoghan..eoghanb wrote:Same as last year so
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Have the mack's arrived at Balscadden yet?
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MONKEYwrasse wrote:Twice as bad Eoghan..eoghanb wrote:Same as last year so
I love doing the bit of float fishing myself nice and relaxing until twelve feathers and a four ounce whiz past your ear,everyone used to float at skerries until the bashers ruined it
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7 off dun laoire west today
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Yes they are there but some amount of lads there too, u would be doing well to get a spot , unless u go early morning but still might not get a spotBimmer wrote:Have the mack's arrived at Balscadden yet?

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Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
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Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
Wish list: ray
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It's Ironic, everyone complains that they can't get a spot 'cause of all the bashers
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Loads today at Poolbeg Lighthouse, full houses and 3's and 4's coming up quite a bit, I got a couple for the pan I was more interested in Bass, loads fishing didn't really enjoy it, too much messing going on.
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Heard of plenty coming in off Balscadden.Bimmer wrote:Have the mack's arrived at Balscadden yet?
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roryodonnell wrote:It's Ironic, everyone complains that they can't get a spot 'cause of all the bashers
ya dont hear the bashers in question complaining.
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Serious amounts of good size mackerel at Ballycotton pier yesterday evening. They arrived about three hours before high tide. Was glad I got there in good time about forty mins after I arrived the place was packed. There was a cottage industry going on the husbands were catching the fish and the wives were de-hooking and packing away.
Reckless stuff going on I saw one woman doing an off the ground cast on a crowded pier FFS!!
Also caught what I think was a greater sandeel aka launce- am I right?
Reckless stuff going on I saw one woman doing an off the ground cast on a crowded pier FFS!!
Also caught what I think was a greater sandeel aka launce- am I right?
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plenty off dunlaoghaire disaster fishing it on hw though as most idiots dont know to cast to the left so the tide brings it round on front of you tangle city and major drag out there lately
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Got close to 100 today off dun laoire west
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Turner85 wrote:Got close to 100 today off dun laoire west
fair play mate i normally fish off the second elbow but was a night mare with people tangling and casting over you
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Shoals in at Courtown up to Cahore for the past few days. Small in size though.
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